Ukrainian Pysanky Art Club – April
In these classes we will gather together and will discover the world of Ukrainian pysanky, symbols, techniques, and ornaments. No previous experience is required to participate in the club. I will prepare for you all the necessary materials (“kistka”, beeswax, candle, color dyes, clean and dry blown-out eggs) to sketch on eggshells. Step by step, I will go with you through all the essential points of the pysanky making process sequence. In the end, you will be able to take home Pysanka created by you. There will be a different theme for each session. Spring: sun, plants, animals. April theme – plants on pysanky (plant symbols). May theme – animals on pysanky (animal symbols). Summer: a wealth of geometric symbols. June theme – seeds, rakes, combs, spirals. July theme – triangles, diamonds, squares, ladders, nets. August theme – windmills, crosses, ram’s horns. A $15 material fee is payable to the instructor per class.
A $15 material fee is payable to the instructor per class.
Alona Popova is a Ukrainian and Pysankarstvo (the art of making pysanky), which came into her life as a hobby that turned into an absolute love For almost a decade she has been creating pysanky on a weekly basis and in 2022 started to offer master classes. She researches different materials, and natural dyes, practices new techniques, follows contemporary pysankarky from Ukraine, and adopts their experience.